Laurent Wauquiez won the seat of deputy of the 1st constituency of Haute-Loire this Sunday. Let’s take stock of the figures for the president of the LR region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes?
22:25 – The final results of Laurent Wauquiez
The Interior Ministry has confirmed the already announced victory of Laurent Wauquiez, with the final results won by the candidate The Republicans in the 1st constituency of Haute-Loire. The man who currently works as president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region (a position he will probably leave to sit in the National Assembly) was elected with 61.61% of the vote, announced the Ministry of the Interior. His opponent, Alexandre Heuzey, had 38.39% of the votes in his favor.
22:01 – What result in the Haute-Loire department?
If Laurent Wauquiez was indeed elected deputy of the 1st constituency of Haute-Loire this Sunday, July 7, what trend was expressed at the departmental level? The Ministry of the Interior confirmed the victory of the Republicans: the party won with 62.88% of the votes, against the National Rally, which had 37.17% of the votes in its favor at the departmental level, according to official figures.
20:56 – Laurent Wauquiez re-elected, how were the votes distributed?
Laurent Wauquiez confirmed his popularity in the 1st constituency of Haute-Loire this Sunday, July 7. Already leading the vote in the first round against the National Rally and the New Popular Front, he was finally elected with 60.7% of the vote, announced BFM TV this evening. His opponent, Alexandre Heuzey of the RN, was beaten with 39.3%
20:27 – Laurent Wauquiez well on his way to becoming a deputy again
The result is not yet final but it smells good for Laurent Wauquiez. According to incomplete results calculated on the basis of 78.94% of registered voters received, provided by the Ministry of the Interior, the president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region is credited with 60.63% of the votes, ahead of the RN Alexandre Heuzey. With a lead of nearly 12,000 votes, the case seems settled for the elected official from the right who will regain his seat in the National Assembly.
20:12 – 60 to 65 deputies for LR
The Republicans are on track to win 60 to 65 deputies in the National Assembly, according to the first results projections from the Ifop institute for TF1 and LCI. Once again, the party should play a pivotal role in the Palais Bourbon, while Ensemble is credited with 150 to 180 deputies, behind the New Popular Front (180 to 215 deputies) and barely behind the RN, given 3rd with 120 to 150 elected representatives.
19:44 – What program for Laurent Wauquiez?
In an interview for Le Progrès, Laurent Wauquiez gave his priorities in case of re-election. He wants to revalue work, by lowering the charges on work in order to allow better remuneration. The candidate also wants to give priority to French agriculture and “bring production back to France”. Concerning retirement, Laurent Wauquiez wants to “give people the choice” with a “fair balance between work and retirees”. For the security tab, he defends “sanctions from the first offense”. For him, it is necessary to increase the “video protection shield” to better monitor in particular “burglary and drug trafficking”.
19:19 – What future for the presidency of the region?
Laurent Wauquiez currently holds the position of president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. But what will happen if he is elected deputy this Sunday evening? Laurent Wauquiez will have to leave his position as head of the community. But the question of his succession is still uncertain. Speaking to Le Figaro in mid-June, the vice-president in charge of security for the “Aura” region, Renauf Pfeffer, said that “the subject will not be addressed before the end of the second round of the legislative elections”.
18:56 – What score for Wauquiez? Uncertainties
The result of the 1st constituency of Haute-Loire is still uncertain. Because if the LR candidates are used to winning a seat in the legislative elections in this territory, the last European elections have upset the certainties. It was the National Rally that was elected on June 9, with 39.61% of the votes. Laurent Wauquiez having chosen not to ally himself with the alliance with Eric Ciotti’s RN, will this harm Laurent Wauquiez, or on the contrary allow him to win the votes of the left-wing electorate?
16:49 – A victory before national ambitions?
Before the first round of the legislative elections this Sunday, June 30, Laurent Wauquiez’s opponents castigated his candidacy in the 1st constituency of Haute-Loire, accusing him of “being a stepping stone to national ambitions”, wrote France Bleu Pays d’Auvergne on Wednesday, June 26. According to Les Echos, Laurent Wauquiez would seek to position himself “as the natural candidate of the Republicans in the next presidential election” and would run for the presidency of the parliamentary LR group, according to several indiscretions.
15:56 – A split with Eric Ciotti
Laurent Wauquiez is running in the legislative elections under the banner of the Republicans. However, the regional president has marked his divorce with Eric Ciotti, current president of the party, when he declared his intention to ally with the National Rally for this election. Laurent Wauquiez estimated on June 12 that France “needs an independent Republican right”, excluding the possibility that the Republicans would ally with the RN. A few days later, in the columns of the JDD, Eric Ciotti tackled Wauquiez, estimating that he “has talent, but you need courage in political life”.
15:01 – “The country is above a volcano”
When announcing his candidacy for the legislative elections on June 11, Laurent Wauquiez justified his decision by explaining that “this is an important and difficult time for our country. There is a risk of institutions collapsing, especially affected by the level of debasement of politics, in the buzz, disconnected from the realities on the ground.” For the current president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, “the country is above a volcano” and “we cannot remain spectators.”
Laurent Wauquiez is a LR candidate for the position of deputy of the 1st constituency of Haute-Loire. This Sunday, July 7, he faced Alexandre Heuzey of the National Rally in the second round. The current president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region was finally elected by winning 61.61% of the votes against his opponent, credited with 38.39% of the votes.
Let us recall that the duel of this second round was first a three-way race in the 1st constituency of Haute-Loire. Celline Gacon, candidate of the New Popular Front, had qualified last Sunday before withdrawing to block the National Rally.
Although Laurent Wauquiez has not been a member of parliament since 2017, his candidacy seemed a formality before the first round of voting since he is running in a field that has already been conquered. He has already been chosen twice by his voters in the 1st constituency of Haute-Loire: the first in 2004, then in 2012. He also ran as a substitute in the last election, in 2022. The man who currently serves as president of the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region is trying to obtain a place in the National Assembly, to potentially leave his current position for a seat in the Palais Bourbon. He was indeed elected with 61.61% of the vote in his favor this Sunday, July 7, against Alexandre Heuzey of the RN, who won 38.39% of the vote.